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Plans announced to open a new train maintenance facility at Shipley

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Recently, I noticed this land being cleared next to the Shipley scrapyard. I have heard speculated that this may be some sidings but have found no information to back this so am wondering if anybody here knows what’s going on. (Photos attached)
 

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They are indeed putting a stabling point in where Crossley Evans is/was. This will be used when Neville Hill is closed due to Transpennine Route Upgrade work.
 
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Clearing continues 13/03/24.
View from train from Bradford Foster Square
 

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jonesy3001 said:
The department of transport have just tweeted about the new depot at Shipley for the electric trains.


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  • passengers to benefit from a more resilient rail network in West Yorkshire thanks to new, government-funded maintenance depot in Shipley
  • Rail Minister Huw Merriman visits the depot’s construction site, which will support skilled jobs and apprenticeships across the region
  • forms part of £3.9 billion investment in the Transpennine route upgrade to deliver faster, more reliable rail journeys between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York
High-skilled jobs and more reliable journeys will be created in Bradford as momentum continues to deliver one of the country’s largest rail improvement projects.

Rail Minister Huw Merriman has today (14 March 2024) confirmed plans as part of the government’s £3.9 billion investment into the Transpennine route upgrade (TRU) to build a new maintenance facility in Shipley.

Around £100 million will be provided to deliver what will be known as the Shipley TrainCare Centre, which will provide extra resilience to the North of England’s rail network.

It comes as work on the TRU project continues at pace to transform journeys between the key northern cities of Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York, creating quicker journey times and reduced carbon emissions.

As part of a visit to Shipley today, the Rail Minister will attend the site of the new facility and meet people from across the region, who will work on and benefit from the project.
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Further plans unveiled to improve rail journeys in the North

New depot in Shipley will bring essential maintenance works closer to the north Transpennine route and increase reliability for passengers.
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Id assumed they were just going to fettle the old sidings like at Cobra Wakefield but this seems to be complimenting Neville Hill for Electric work. It seems to be a proper depot vs just sidings
 
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Geeves said:
Id assumed they were just going to fettle the old sidings like at Cobra Wakefield but this seems to be complimenting Neville Hill for Electric work. It seems to be a proper depot vs just sidings
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It is :)
 
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This can only be a good thing that if the chaos that is going on around Neville Hill currently with points and signal failures means trains can still run up and around the triangle folks will be most pleased!
 
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@Neptune is this purely for stock or is there to be a train crew depot there as well? I've not heard anything to suggest there will be but I thought you'd be best to ask for a definitive answer!
 
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Maintenance and stabling of the EMU fleet. There will be depot drivers amongst the 100 permanent jobs there but no mainline crews planned to be based there as it stands.
 
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MOT sub base type one is around 60 quid per Meter3 right now, You can imagine how much they will need to build an entire depot and that's before anything comes out of the ground. Also cleaning up a decades old scrap yard is probably a million quid
 
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Nicholas Lewis said:
Seriously £100m for a small depot
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Ground clearance, piling, concreting, construction of depot buildings including admin block, trackwork, signalling, overhead wires, fully kitting the depot out with facilities to maintain, clean and stable the units as well as fully kitting out the admin block plus lots of other things I’ve probably forgotten.

Can you do it for less?
 
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SimplyLlama said:
I was on the A3 going over the bridge earlier and similarly looked like progress was continuing well. Doesn’t look like it is too far off of starting to build a stabling point.
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The dirty southerner in me wondered how the main London-Portsmouth road had made it to Shipley for a moment! :lol:
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Clearing continues 13/03/24.
View from train from Bradford Foster Square
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Seeing the characteristic green Murphy cabins makes me wonder if this work is contractually part of TRU East; while it makes no geographical sense, it makes sense commercially as this is all tied up with Neville Hill.
Geeves said:
MOT sub base type one is around 60 quid per Meter3 right now, You can imagine how much they will need to build an entire depot and that's before anything comes out of the ground. Also cleaning up a decades old scrap yard is probably a million quid
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Not least with regards the disposal of the contaminated waste (and associated costs of muck-away to a location certified to dispose of it)!
 
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59CosG95 said:
The dirty southerner in me wondered how the main London-Portsmouth road had made it to Shipley for a moment! :lol:

Seeing the characteristic green Murphy cabins makes me wonder if this work is contractually part of TRU East; while it makes no geographical sense, it makes sense commercially as this is all tied up with Neville Hill.

Not least with regards the disposal of the contaminated waste (and associated costs of muck-away to a location certified to dispose of it)!
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Honestly until this thread started I had also wondered why this would linked financially into TRU, but only operate for Aire / Wharfe EMUs. But with all the work to take place around Neville Hill and the line away from Leeds towards Church Fenton, plus the new tender for Northern bi-modes for future operations it does all make sense. And its a plus for the area which really needs some regeneration.
 
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59CosG95 said:
The dirty southerner in me wondered how the main London-Portsmouth road had made it to Shipley for a moment! :lol:
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Completely off topic, but the best acronym I've ever seen for a pressure group was STOAT (Save The Old A Three).

However it failed in its objective, and when a section of the A3 was bypassed by the Hindhead road tunnel, part of it was completely closed to vehicles.
 
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